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[Samsung Galaxy S Blaze 4G] jbats:
http://support.t-mobile.com/docs/DOC-4182 . This is a upgrade through kies for ICS. Same current baseband as we have now, but there saying it offers security improvements. Hopefully this is a small upgrade before Jelly Bean. If and when that happened we could update our blobs and most certainly run any AOSP 4.2.2 Rom.:good::fingers-crossed:

Android version 4.0.4 / Baseband version T769UVMB1 - Current ICS version

Version

Android version 4.0.4 / Baseband version T769UVMB1

Approved 02/15/2013

OTA and Manual (via Samsung Kies) update available 2/22/2013

Improvements

Security enhancements

Prerequisites

Android version 4.0.4 / Baseband version T769UVLH5

Device software is not rooted

Below is a method for Rooted devices only via Recovery

Not responsible for any mishaps that may occur(which they shouldn't)

Here is a link to a flashable zip made by Racing19969

http://xdaforums.com/showthread.php?p=38629697
[Samsung Galaxy S Blaze 4G] henslo:
Re: Security Update for the Blaze

Looks like a different baseband update to uvmb1 , we have uvlh5 now, unless I read wrong

Sent from my SAMSUNG-SGH-T769
[Samsung Galaxy S Blaze 4G] jbats:
It is, but still ics just improves security
[Samsung Galaxy S Blaze 4G] junkypong:
Re: Security Update for the Blaze

but we won't be getting the jelly bean updates.. right?
[Samsung Galaxy S Blaze 4G] jbats:
I don't see why not. The Blaze was released in March of 2012. The T989 also a Tmobile branded phone is running Jelly Bean and its older than our model. Presumably based on little differences and what nots it only makes sense for them to give the update. They are still marketing and selling the device so, yeah.(Hopefully)
[Samsung Galaxy S Blaze 4G] junkypong:
Re: Security Update for the Blaze

I totally agree:)
[Samsung Galaxy S Blaze 4G] dwitherell:
I just checked... it isn't available via Kies (for me anyway). I'm sure someone else will get to it first but if not I'll get some flashable options together once I get my hands on it.

And if ever there was an excuse to update tweaked... here it is lol. Methinks this will be some work.
[Samsung Galaxy S Blaze 4G] jbats:
No requests, but if you or anybody could make something like ericmm did with ICS root, that would be awesome.
[Samsung Galaxy S Blaze 4G] Animosity:
But shouldn't we be getting jelly bean because of that 18 month rule? I always wondered about that
[Samsung Galaxy S Blaze 4G] dwitherell:
Yep, shouldn't be an issue - I'll check again tonight, and like I said if no one else gets to it by the time I get my hands on it I'll post some stuff.
[Samsung Galaxy S Blaze 4G] anactoraaron:
If I'm reading this right, the update to the new baseband is OTA if you are running non-rooted UVLH5 stock. There's nothing on samfirmware.com for this update to be available via KIES, so I would think that it's just OTA - that and it's only a 20 MB download. I'm going to go back to stock to see if this is OTA only and post my findings...

Nope. No OTA or KIES update available for me.
[Samsung Galaxy S Blaze 4G] dwitherell:
My interpretation of the T-Mobile info was that it was either - but you are right that it's not available via KIES currently so I could be wrong lol! No OTA has been pushed to the wifes phone yet, but that doesn't mean much for others of course.
[Samsung Galaxy S Blaze 4G] anactoraaron:
It's just so weird to see it on Tmo but not on samfirmware. But yeah it says both... but I remember when ICS dropped it was on samfirmware almost immediately after release... could be because the ICS update was kies only... I'm not getting any OTA notification so... what gives..?
[Samsung Galaxy S Blaze 4G] dwitherell:
Yeah I'm not sure... the whole thing feels sort of odd really. Nothing yet here, hopefully it gets sorted out.

Oh yeah, congrats btw on your soon-to-be fun :)
[Samsung Galaxy S Blaze 4G] jbats:
Maybe its based on region. Any west coast or Midwest users out there? It would be nice to confirm one user that has upgraded.:confused:

Edit: did you guys try updating or uninstall reinstall kies? I know its been updated since the last time I used it.
[Samsung Galaxy S Blaze 4G] anactoraaron:
I didn't have kies installed until today, so no go there... but yeah it would be great to confirm one update has been pushed out.
[Samsung Galaxy S Blaze 4G] dwitherell:
I also am operating with a newly-installed Kies scenario... Metro Detroit area and no OTA as of yet either
[Samsung Galaxy S Blaze 4G] Animosity:
You live in Detroit too? What a small world :D
[Samsung Galaxy S Blaze 4G] dwitherell:
Figures... on my way to work and my wife gets the update notification lol - I'll be borrowing her phone this evening :)
[Samsung Galaxy S Blaze 4G] jbats:
Finally, I was starting to wonder...
[Samsung Galaxy S Blaze 4G] busirane:
I live in the Indianapolis area and got the OTA notification this morning. That surprised me because I'm running a rooted (but otherwise stock) 4.0.4 UVLH5 ROM. I have NOT updated yet, because I wanted to check what was in it, first. Haven't looked in Kies yet, either.

Update: Of course the OTA update didn't work because I have a non-stock recovery. I wish I had thought to copy the 240027X.cfg files beforehand though... If I had done that, would I have been able to do an incremental update by flashing them in CWM? Two of them are still on the phone, but the 16 MB one isn't. I did download the whole 400 MB ROM .zip file, though, but haven't tried to flash it yet.

Update: Manual update was successful. I used Odin (Win XP running in VirtualBox on OS X 10.6.8) to flash T769UVMB1_T769UVMB1_T769UVMB1_HOME.tar. That restored the stock recovery, but I was pleasantly surprised that it DID NOT wipe any data or touch any of my apps. Next I used Odin to flash Clockworkmod-Blaze-4G.tar, then rebooted into CWM and flashed Superuser-3.2-RC3-arm-signed.zip from my SD card. Then a long session in Titanium Backup uninstalling T-Mobile's bloatware, and I was back in business. For some reason I couldn't uninstall Yelp; I had to freeze it instead.
[Samsung Galaxy S Blaze 4G] chandrew:
i also received the update. however, i am currently rooted and not sure if i should go with the update. ADVICE?
[Samsung Galaxy S Blaze 4G] im1knight:
also in the same boat, rooted but received the notification this morning.

Makes me wonder if I should just unroot all together and hope for jellybean? I cannot make the update notification go away, so i guess im kinda forced to update..

Btw if I do a factory reset will it put me back into the OFFICIAL RELEASE CHANNEL? Cuz now due to the root im on a custom release channel..
[Samsung Galaxy S Blaze 4G] anactoraaron:
Source is posted on samfirmware.com. It's the first firmware link on the main page as of now.
[Samsung Galaxy S Blaze 4G] tthoma:
I got the OTA notification this morning in NC

Also wondering if I should update - running rooted stock ROM. Would installing this break root?
[Samsung Galaxy S Blaze 4G] RavenII:
Tried OTA, it failed...Running Tweaked something or another rom...(sorry, this phone is being loaned to me by my buddy)
[Samsung Galaxy S Blaze 4G] chandrew:
well i tried the update, but got an update failed.
[Samsung Galaxy S Blaze 4G] AoRaidenX:
Yeah i got the update notification early this morning which surprised me i thought this phone was done with updates but i see people are saying we might get Jellybean?! oh god i hope so i mean as long as i get to rearranged my icons in the folder i would be pretty happy! lol

but reading some posts i won't try to update since i am rooted & it looks like it's failing for people so i don't know what to do just wait until somebody makes a rooted version?:confused:
[Samsung Galaxy S Blaze 4G] jbats:
Me too, dwitherell said he's gonna put some stuff together when he gets home from work. Tmobile did the same thing with the gingerbread update before ics. I believe it just prepares our devices for a easier upgrade. IDK anything for sure, but keep your fingers crossed or better yet harass Tmobile on their support page about it.

@dwitherell- Should this baseband update still be compatible with all are custom roms or not?:confused:
[Samsung Galaxy S Blaze 4G] AoRaidenX:
Yeah i don't really see how we can't have icon rearranged on this device i think that's like the only thing i want it would make my life so much easier lol cause i like everything in alphabetical order... i don't see why they couldn't at least have an option to sort icons in folders in ABC order...
[Samsung Galaxy S Blaze 4G] jbats:
DL a launcher like nova prime or apex from the play store. Either one will allow you to do pretty much whatever you want with your apps, including hide the ones kiddies don't need to touch.
[Samsung Galaxy S Blaze 4G] AoRaidenX:
Lol yeah i know of launchers but i don't like too many things running at once i don't really know about you or anyone else but my phone battery sucks :( like too me Android has sucky app start up/running management like i have Gemini App Manager but i don't know if it's the app itself or Android but some apps the settings won't stay (i tried emailing the app makers but still haven't gotten response like the Titanium backup devs)

but when i close apps i want them to end but yet when i check Gemini app manager they're still running & then apps i never opened before are running like most are Google's apps like Music, Play store, & Youtube and i have an task app & like it has to keep running to alert me of repeating tasks?! like why i can't it just run when there is an alert?!

anyways... sorry for the rant ._.
[Samsung Galaxy S Blaze 4G] henslo:
http://donandroid.com/t769uvmb1-t-mobile-blaze-4g-android-4-0-4-update-880

Full stock uvmb1 zip here 380mb

Sent from my SAMSUNG-SGH-T769
[Samsung Galaxy S Blaze 4G] Mr. bird:
T989 is still on ics. That's what I have. My girlfriend just upgraded her p.o.s. galaxy s4g to this blaze and its so much better. Hopefully it does get job as well as my S2
[Samsung Galaxy S Blaze 4G] jbats:
Have you done it yet? If so did you reroot the same as uvlh5?
[Samsung Galaxy S Blaze 4G] henslo:
Haven't done it yet , off to work was gonna try in the morning, have it downloaded. Was wondering if the process would be the same, or if could just manually flash in Odin ?

Or maybe someone could pick at it and make a flushable rooted zip ;)

Sent from my SAMSUNG-SGH-T769
[Samsung Galaxy S Blaze 4G] jbats:
The link you posted says yes for odin. Not sure, but I'm thinking you can use it in place of the file posted in beastmodes root ics guide. Ill try later tonight or tomorrow after school, Ive got to hit the books.:eek:
[Samsung Galaxy S Blaze 4G] anactoraaron:
HA I did that harassing thing last time lol....

http://support.t-mobile.com/thread/31449?tstart=90

I believe I started a thread about it too... but I can't find it... :D So I'm gonna sit this one out :D
[Samsung Galaxy S Blaze 4G] jbats:
Jeez man, you part of a debate team.lol Glad your on our side, nice argument.:highfive:
[Samsung Galaxy S Blaze 4G] jbats:
Done... didn't take more than 30 mins, minus collecting all the mods( inverts, touch recovery, beta - koush superuser, blah blah blah. So far so good.:good:
[Samsung Galaxy S Blaze 4G] ubizmo:
Installation aborted

I downloaded and tried installing this, using Quick Boot to go into recovery mode. I got "E: Can't open /sdcard/T769UVMB_T769TMBMB1_TMB.zip (bad) Installation aborted." I had placed the file in the root directory of the SD card. I don't have any clear knowledge of what I'm doing, but I thought this would work.

I'm running rooted 4.0.4.
[Samsung Galaxy S Blaze 4G] jbats:
DL Odin and make sure repartition isn't checked. Flash the stock ROM through the PDA button assuming your using a tar file.
[Samsung Galaxy S Blaze 4G] johnb380:
You can't put a stock ROM on top of a rooted ROM and that file is not a flashable zip u have to extract the .tar file and use Odin to flash it then reroot

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[Samsung Galaxy S Blaze 4G] ubizmo:
I'm using the file that was linked earlier in this thread, which doesn't appear to be a tar file. As I say, I don't really know what I'm doing. Presumably that file, which is a zip file containing an MD5 file and a dll file, is not a tar. Do I have to convert it before using Odin?
[Samsung Galaxy S Blaze 4G] dwitherell:
Extract the .tar.md5 file and flash that in Odin - the file stays on the computer also.
[Samsung Galaxy S Blaze 4G] ubizmo:
Okay, I have it extracted and selected as PDA in Odin.

Repartition is unchecked.

Before I pull the trigger, so I need to do something for PIT? I remember having to have something there for rooting.
[Samsung Galaxy S Blaze 4G] chandrew:
any noticeable changes after this update?

also, what happens if you get this update while rooted? keep or lose root? restores permanently deleted apps?
[Samsung Galaxy S Blaze 4G] jbats:
Yeah, although it could be a placebo.lol my signal seems to be more responsive. Haven't had a call yet, but hoping they fixed the occasional no sound when answering. Its new, I'll take it. Already rerooted on cm10 and all my inverts.
[Samsung Galaxy S Blaze 4G] ubizmo:
I tried it without choosing a PIT, and so far it has only checked the MD5 and then stalled on "SetupConnection".

I've tried it a few times, with the same result. Maybe I need to select blaze.pit?
[Samsung Galaxy S Blaze 4G] anactoraaron:
No pit file needed. Just select the tar.md5 file for PDA and flash.
[Samsung Galaxy S Blaze 4G] ubizmo:
Thanks. I think I give up. I can't get the phone into download mode. I used to be able to do it, but it doesn't seem to work anymore. The main thing I was hoping for from this update was a fix to the no audio on some calls, and there's no indication it's in there anyway.

Is there a way to get rid of the update prompts?
[Samsung Galaxy S Blaze 4G] anactoraaron:
Best way to get into download mode is to pull the battery, plug in the usb cable to the phone and your pc, hold vol + vol - and power buttons until phone begins to vibrate, and then reinsert the battery. Works without fail for me.
[Samsung Galaxy S Blaze 4G] ubizmo:
Yes, that's how I used to do it. Doesn't seem to work anymore.

So...I guess I'll just have to postpone the update for 1 day every morning, if there's no way to get rid of the prompt.
[Samsung Galaxy S Blaze 4G] jbats:
Had the same issue last night. Solved hold both vol buttons while plugging into your USB cord, don't have to press power key at all. Heck every time I pressed the three combo it took me to cwm. Only vol keys while plugging into USB cord that's already connected to PC. Haha my flash count is 6 and custom.lol
[Samsung Galaxy S Blaze 4G] ubizmo:
Ten tries, no success. Tried changing USB ports on computer, taking out SIM, etc. This phone doesn't want to go there.

Thanks for trying!
[Samsung Galaxy S Blaze 4G] jbats:
Make sure you have USB debugging enabled in settings. Also make sure you have the USB drivers from Samsung. It works, I promise. Leave your battery out at least 30 secs before reinserting. Don't press the power button only vol key.
[Samsung Galaxy S Blaze 4G] chjema:
Phone off (battery pull). Plug cord into PC without touching it to phone.

Hold down BOTH volume buttons firmly. (yes firmly the blaze has loose volume buttons that don't always register.) And never touch the power button.

While continuing to hold down the buttons. insert the mini usb plug into the bottom of the blaze. DO NOT LET GO OF THE BUTTONS!!!

You will feel one vibrate and NO SAMSUNG LOGO.

A warning will pop up, now you can let go of the buttons and press volume + to get into download mode.

You don't even need a proper PC...I did it connected to my Car Charger and it still went into download mode.
[Samsung Galaxy S Blaze 4G] ubizmo:
My fingers are getting a workout! I double-checked USB debugging and the Samsung drivers, and they're okay. No download mode, though.

The odd thing is, I used to be able to do this with no problem. I wonder if rooting after the last update, to ICS, broke something. I know for a fact that I had no problem getting into download mode then.

---------- Post added at 03:25 PM ---------- Previous post was at 03:18 PM ----------

No go. I get one vibrate and a few seconds later it goes to a gray battery icon, then a green one, and that's it.
[Samsung Galaxy S Blaze 4G] chjema:
Rooting has no affect.

Download mode is a cooked into the phone. Pretty damn hard to mess it up.
[Samsung Galaxy S Blaze 4G] henslo:
I was on p.a just used reboot option for download mode plugged into PC worked fine.
[Samsung Galaxy S Blaze 4G] ubizmo:
Sorry, I don't know what p.a means.
[Samsung Galaxy S Blaze 4G] dwitherell:
Paranoid Android.

If you were rooted before, boot up the phone normally. Download terminal emulator from the playstore. Open it. Type the following then press enter:

su

Grant access and what not (this is why you have to be rooted). Then type the following and press enter:

reboot download

Hope that helps!
[Samsung Galaxy S Blaze 4G] henslo:
Sorry, should've clarified paranoid Android ROM , but most roms have that power off option ,
[Samsung Galaxy S Blaze 4G] anactoraaron:
THIS. lol no more button combos... can't believe I didn't suggest this earlier :o
[Samsung Galaxy S Blaze 4G] jbats:
Same here on cm10. Although I had mine removed from the prompt. I've got kids that are very miscevious.lol I got it to work, and I was rooted. @ubizmo Same boat, your missing something. Start a g+ hangout, I'll help you.
[Samsung Galaxy S Blaze 4G] ubizmo:
Wow! No more three-finger salute! Thanks you! Yes, that worked perfectly and the update is installing, or flashing (trying to sound like I know something) as I write this.

Interesting...It's optimizing 115 applications. Never saw anything like that before.

Assuming this finishes without a hitch, I'm a little hazy on rerooting. --Okay, it's done. All went well. I have blaze.pit and Clockworkmod-Blaze-4g.tar (about 6 MB), and Superuser-3.2-RC3-arm-zipped.zip. Do I need any or all of these? I don't want to clobber the update that I just installed. So if I can prevail on everybody's patience just a little longer...What's my next step, to root the device again?
[Samsung Galaxy S Blaze 4G] jbats:
Put superuser on your external SD card, unzip clockwork and flash the tar through Odin PDA. Now once it reboots, power off. Than vol+ and vol- and power button. Wait for vibrate release power but continue to hold vol keys till you reach cwm. Now find the zip of su and flash it. Reboot your now rooted. From here, choose your poison ICS or jelly bean.

No you don't need the blaze pit.
[Samsung Galaxy S Blaze 4G] ubizmo:
I understand everything but the last bit. The ginormous tar file that I just flashed was updated ICS, wasn't it? So once I root I should be in ICS, unless I do it all over and flash JB...Is that right?

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I think I answered my own question. I rerooted and checked the About screen and it's still 4.0.4, so apparently it all worked. I don't need to try JB just yet.

Thanks to everybody for all the help. As you can, I was floundering.
[Samsung Galaxy S Blaze 4G] jbats:
Now that your rooted, go back into clockworkmod and create a backup. After that flashing any ROM will be done in cwm. Google get cm, and find our device from the list. The stable version is old, go for the newest nightly.

Unless you need a new firmware update or you brick your phone, you don't need Odin for anything. Don't forget the backup, it will save your donkey
[Samsung Galaxy S Blaze 4G] dwitherell:
Sorry for the delays on posting stuff folks, my new job is a bit more time intensive and exhausting than I expected. Shooting for tomorrow now...
[Samsung Galaxy S Blaze 4G] anactoraaron:
Take your time. As long as we can all follow the steps that we learned in Flashaholic's Anonymous we'll be able to wait.

Patience

Forget the F5 button

Patience

Walk away

Attempt to forget

Realization (that you can't forget)

Patience

Distraction (remember to do something that won't remind you of the upcoming awesomeness)

Come Back and purposely don't check (prove you have the willpower)

Check anyway (we're all human, after all)

Patience

Good night all!:laugh::p:victory:
[Samsung Galaxy S Blaze 4G] jbats:
I can't say who, but I'm hearing from reliable sources that we will receive a firmware update to jelly bean in the near future. This current ICS update was a patch to prepare our device. That is all I know, don't ask for etas.
[Samsung Galaxy S Blaze 4G] Guatiao:
Am I to understand that for rooted devices, the correct procedure is:

1-flash stock ROM (UVLH5) via Odin, effectively unrooting the device

2-flash new 2/22 ROM

3-unroot again if needed/ wanted

I have not installed CWM on it yet to make ROM backups.
[Samsung Galaxy S Blaze 4G] henslo:
I simply flashed the new uvmb1 in Odin with no problems, just after flashing wouldn't boot up all the way but going into stock recovery cleared data and cache all was good , was on paranoid Android . Twrp recovery before
[Samsung Galaxy S Blaze 4G] Guatiao:
Thanks for your tip. Went back to stock via Odin, then flashed the update via Odin again. All is good so far.

Now, is it safe to root after the update? I used the guide in http://xdaforums.com/showthread.php?t=1919228 for the previous ICS update.
[Samsung Galaxy S Blaze 4G] henslo:
Yes definitely safe. Soon as I did the update I rooted and am back on Paranoid android ROM
[Samsung Galaxy S Blaze 4G] junkypong:
Do we have to use the pit file as well in order to root or is it okay without it?
[Samsung Galaxy S Blaze 4G] jbats:
No, don't use the pit
[Samsung Galaxy S Blaze 4G] Chitown021:
Is there something to be gained by flashing this update is you're currently using a custom rom?

I'm currently running CM 10. Would it do anything if I were to flash my phone to this security update and then go back to CM10?
[Samsung Galaxy S Blaze 4G] jbats:
Yes. My phone is working better and the occasional no sound when calling or receiving a call is gone. That was always my biggest issue. Trust me do it. I'm back on cm10 like I never left.lol Flash away:good:
[Samsung Galaxy S Blaze 4G] Chitown021:
I'll give it a shot tonight when I get home. Did you just save a CWM backup of CM10 and just flash back to it once you were done with the security update?
[Samsung Galaxy S Blaze 4G] flyers00:
Upgraded fine, no issues so far
[Samsung Galaxy S Blaze 4G] jbats:
No, pretty sure the backup would kill the firmware update (wasn't willing to find out). Only setback was installing the official cwm touch, but with johns guide it took 20 secs. Reflashed the nightly,golden.
[Samsung Galaxy S Blaze 4G] johnb380:
I don't see how flashing a ROM then flashing a ROM on top would do anything to change anything its just a ROM but if u flash it and keep it maybe that would but anything else would be just a placebo since u wipe everything when u flash a new ROM

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[Samsung Galaxy S Blaze 4G] jbats:
Its a firmware update, so you keep the new and improved baseband even when running a custom ROM, no placebo improved call quality. I'm no noob and can tell a winner when I flash it. Try it out you'll see.
[Samsung Galaxy S Blaze 4G] AoRaidenX:
Wait so... What am i supposed to do? & after i do whatever i will still have root? & would my phone be in the same state? i'm confused... :confused:

if anybody can give somewhat detailed steps for me to follow i'll be really appreciated :D lol thanks in advance
[Samsung Galaxy S Blaze 4G] johnb380:
I know ur not a noob my bad bro ... no worries but it has the same radio just wondered how that would improve anything but the ROM itself ... but I don't have a PC right now so I can't try if I wanted to at least till someone makes it flashable

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[Samsung Galaxy S Blaze 4G] jbats:
:DNo sweat, not sure as tmo wasnt very specific to the details of the update/patch, but yeah I used to have ridiculous reconnect times to data when phone slept to long. Now after a screen unlock data connects within a few secs.

BTW, dwitherel is working on something.:good: